• Rigor needs to include continued practice at already mastered level​.

• Instruction at frustration level​ is often part of rigorous assignments.

• Rigor does not need to be aligned with a student's ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development.)

The quantity of what you learn is not important when applying rigor to your content area.

• Inquiry based​ assignments, depth & complexity​, and opportunities for creative design​ are all ways to incorporate rigor into your content area.

Anything that is a graded assignment has rigor.

• Rigor needs to require an expectation for excellence​.

You need to determine who can and who cannot achieve to add rigor.

• Rigor involves critical reasoning​.

Rigor is something extra added into the curriculum.

All students can benefit from rigor at their Zone of Proximal Development.